Cacao

Translingual

Etymology

From Spanish cacao.

Proper noun

Cacao f

1. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Malvaceae – synonym of Theobroma.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids – clades; Malvales – order; Malvaceae – family

References

• Theobroma cacao on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Theobroma on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Theobroma on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Cacao at The Plant List

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Spanish

Etymology

From cacao, from Classical Nahuatl cacahuatl.

Proper noun

Cacao ?

1. a surname, the 655th most common surname in Guatemala

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Tagalog

Etymology

From kakaw. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ca‧cao
• IPA^(key): /kaˈkaw/, [kɐˈxaʊ̯]

Proper noun

Cacáo

1. a surname, mostly concentrated in Batangas and Laguna